St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-04-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, ID. G. Mch. 21st, 1887.

WASHINGTON, ID. c. Mch. 21st, 1887.
Last .Friday-tbe 18th, of March-wa
the golden anniversary of Presiden
Gleveland's birth. He carefully avoided
any celebration, or rather, he celebrated
she occasion by carefully giving his Ell
tire attention to public business. Tn.
President is not of al enthusiastic OF
sentimental nature. He is constitu
tIOnaily opposed to everything which
partakes OF the character OF self x lori
Gcatlon, and such he considers a man.
celebration of ms own birthday to be
When asked by MIR. Soteldo, til.
Minister flem Venezuela, why he was
not celebrating the natal day, he is re-
ported to have said, vanity, vanity, il
is all vanity. 1t a man really feels that
bis birth was a stroke of luck to him."
continued he, let him rejoice by all
means; but | don't think he has any
right to disturb the town about it and
/ don't think it wonld be modest to ask
al the rest of the world to rejoice in
an event which had so little interest
for them.'
Birthday cards in large numbers came
from all parts of the country, aud
friends in Washington sent flowers ae-
eompanied by congratulations. There
was the usual tri-weekly handshaking
in the East Room, which was attend
ed by about five hundred people, a
large proportion OF whom were excur-
Sionists from Buffalo and the surround
ing district in Northwestern New York.
They We're noticeably unpresuming
crowd OF excursiOnists. They filed
quietly past the President, not one of
them showing any desire to be familiar
to receive attention on account of be-
ing from the Presidents former home.
The visit of ex-senator Thurman to
this city furnished the political gossips
with food for whole day. They could
aot learn positively whether his con-
ference with the President had refer
ence to the appointment of the Inter-
State Commerce Commissioners, the
Pacific railroad investigation, the En-
glish mission, or the Secretary ship of
tbe Treasury. The noblest Ropan of
them ALI settled these canards himself.
When asked if the President had
him any position he replied,
No; am neither to be Secretary of
State of the Treasury nor Minister to
England. | am not even going to be
an Interstate Commissioner He
added that his call on the President
VAS entirely social and that he was not
Ifter Office.
There is little occasion for the vide
'pread alarm as to the financial situa-
ion during the interval before Congress
;onvenes. The condition of the Treas
Try is much stronger than it was nine
months ago, the distribution of curren-
y much more favorable and ADEQUATE.
md the circumstances in MANY req
'ects more reassuring. The surplus is
mailer, the gold fund is stronger, and
be circulation and supply of conve-
ient forms of small currency is more
bundant.
That which is deemed chiefly unfa-
orable in the situation is the fact that
My thirty millions of bonds remain
ubject to call, and that after three
,ontbly calls this means of putting
honey into circulation will be cut off.
is fact however, that recent bond
aiis have been of little service, and ;
bat the Treasury has ample authority .
no mas declared it's willingness to 90 {
Ito the market and buy bonds at cur
snt rates if the situation should be- .
ome such as to call for this action. {
Those whose opinions on the subiect ]
re best worth knowing think there is J
reason to fear that the coming sum- I
er and autumn will bring any serious {
DancIal disturbance, or that the
rength of the Treasury and the skill
Its managers are not fully equal to
! emergencies that may arise.
The Cabinet makers who have dis t
'sed of the Treasury portfolio for Mr. =
leVeland more than a dozen times /
nee Secretary Manning resigned, are 9
ally little embarrassed just now as !
what to say next. 1t was positively =
serted that Speaker Carlisle was t
Tered the place last Saturday aud de-
lned. Since there has been 80 much
,iay In the matter some of them now q
NO u for granted Mr.. MaDning's sue 81
'ssor Will not be named until the list. g
April, the date when his resignation
kes effect.
a mysterious Mystery Explained. .,